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National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, England. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom, where it owns and operates electricity and natural gas transmission networks, and in the Northeastern United States, where as well as operating transmission networks, the company ...
The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network serving Great Britain, connecting power stations and major substations, and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere on the grid can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere. The network serves the majority of Great Britain and some of the surrounding islands.
John Mark Pettigrew was born in October 1968 in Pontypridd, Wales. [1] [2] His father was John Pettigrew and his mother, Patricia. [2] Pettigrew graduated from Cardiff University, [3] where he earned a bachelor of science in economics and a master's degree in international economics and banking. [2]
scottishpower .com. Scottish Power Limited, trading as ScottishPower, is a vertically integrated energy company based in Glasgow, Scotland. [1] It is a subsidiary of Spanish utility firm Iberdrola . ScottishPower is the distribution network operator for Central and Southern Scotland, Merseyside, North Wales and parts of Cheshire and Shropshire. [2]
National Grid. Website. www .nationalgrid .co .uk. Western Power Distribution is a trade name formerly used by four electricity distribution companies in the United Kingdom: WPD South West (operating in South West England ), WPD South Wales (in South Wales) and WPD Midlands (two companies, in the East Midlands and West Midlands ).
In February 2006, National Grid USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Grid plc of the United Kingdom, announced that it had agreed to buy KeySpan for $7.3 billion (£4.1 billion) in cash, the deal being subject to regulatory approval and endorsement by the shareholders of the two companies.
Arqiva purchased National Grid Wireless on 3 April 2007 for £2.5 billion. The company planned to run NGW as a separate company – Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures Ltd – pending review of the deal by competition regulators. Regulatory agreement was reached in late 2008 and National Grid Wireless was amalgamated into Arqiva.
Footnotes / references. [1] Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited ( NIE Networks) is the electricity asset owner of the transmission and distribution infrastructure in Northern Ireland, established in 1993 when the business was privatised. NIE Networks does not generate or supply electricity. Since 2010 it has been a subsidiary of ESB ...